An Armenian serviceman was killed on the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh Republic/NKR) Line of Contact (LoC) overnight on May 16-17, hours after Armenian President Serge Sarkisian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representatives on May 16.
According to a press statement released by the NKR Defense Ministry, Armenian serviceman Khachatur Harutyunyan (b. 1996) was killed at 12:50 a.m. Yerevan time at the southern direction of the LoC.
According to the ministry, Azerbaijani forces violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement by using firearms of various calibers, including armored vehicle guns, mortars, and grenade-launchers.
Sarkisian and Aliyev met the Secretary of State of the United States John Kerry, Foreign Affairs Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov, and State Secretary for European Affairs of France Harlem Desir, representing the co-chair countries of Minsk Group in Vienna, to discuss a peaceful resolution to the conflict in NKR.
